BRASS II

A Towering Powerhouse of Sound

Brass II contains the instruments for large-scale orchestral arrangements, i.e., the “Wagner orchestral brass”. Oriented toward Wagner’s “Ring”, there are the bass trumpet, the contrabass trombone, Wagner tuba and contrabass tuba, all with the standard single note and Performance articulations such as Interval Performances, Repetitions, Trill Performances, etc. As an alternative to the Viennese horn, Brass II also contains a new solo horn, the triple horn, Yamaha’s master instrument in F/Bb/high F, recorded down to the lowest register (A1). Further, there are the piccolo trumpet, the cimbasso, and of course the famous “Epic Horns”, an impressive sounding body of eight double horns that not only fulfills the sonic ideal of the theatrical late Romantic orchestra but also meets the challenge of “larger than life” scores for modern movie scores.

Brass II - Instruments: Piccolo trumpet, Bass trumpet, Triple horn, Horn ensemble (8 players) – Epic Horns, Bass trombone, Contrabass trombone, Contrabass tuba, Wagner tuba & Cimbasso

ARTICULATIONS

Performances

• Interval Performances: legato, marcato; slow & fast
• Repetition Performances: legato, portato, staccato; crescendo & diminuendo
• Performance Repetition upbeats: slow, medium, fast
• Performance Trills
• Solo instruments – Grace Note Performances: minor and major 2nd, up and down

Single notes:

• Short notes: staccato and portato with various attacks and note lengths
• Long notes: sustains with various attacks and vibratos
• Horn ensemble: blared sustains
• Dynamics: crescendo & diminuendo in various note lengths, various vibratos; fp, sfz, sffz, pfp
• Solo instruments – trills: half tone, whole tone; crescendo & diminuendo
• Flutter tongues: normal and crescendo variations

Library Content

• Standard Library: Samples 27.348 | Download Files Size 17,3 GB | Installed File Size 39,1 GB

• Full Library: Samples 98.870 | Download Files Size 17,3 GB | Installed File Size 39,1 GB